We joined together on the evening of Thursday 15 January for our first Bible Study of 2009. It was also the first in our Vision4Life programme, in which (along with the rest of the URC) we are being encouraged to develop a more creative understanding of the Bible. Under the guidance of our Minister, Stephen Thornton, we read […]
The Pilgrimage to Turkey, 7-17 October 2008
A Pilgrimage Based upon the ‘Letters to the Seven Churches’ When we received our travel itinerary from McCabe Pilgrimages, the names of the places we were to visit – Istanbul, Bosporus, Izmir, Pergamum, Ephesus – promised that our trip to Turkey would be both exotic and Biblical. Soon we were off to Istanbul, a city […]
Photos from a Pilgrimage to Turkey, 7-17 October 2008
For a description of the photos, hover the cursor over each one. (Photos hosted by Flickr)
Winter Morning
Who can regard the sun? Its all-revealing rays Dazzle the eyes of those Who too directly gaze, Yet when the mist hung low, When moisture charged to air, The sun, a soft red ball, Muted, its glittering glare, Rose in the winter dawn. So, if we seek God’s face, We cannot see it plain; Its […]
A Walk Round Fleet Pond
How luminous the hour! How much it did contain – Good fellowship and gain Of mental pictures bright; The chequered forest floor, Roof of translucent leaves Wherein the sunshine weaves The green and gold of fall; The ducks and swans at ease, The glitter on the lake, Sedges and reeds that shake, Sound of the […]
Response to Dawkins
A Non-Scientist’s Response to Dawkins and Others Hear our modern simplifiers, Striving hard to make it plain, Ethics springs from evolution, Mind itself is only brain. In this hour when science triumphs – Electronic wizardry – What’s become of hope and purpose And the faith that sets us free? I am ignorant of science; Others […]